God Knows Where I Am

Name: God Knows Where I Am
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Documentary
Released: March 31, 2017
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 66

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BOND360 | Release Date: March 31, 2017

Summary: The body of a homeless woman is found in an abandoned New Hampshire farmhouse. Beside the body, lies a diary that documents a journey of starvation and the loss of sanity, but told with poignance, beauty, humor, and spirituality. For nearly four months, Linda Bishop survived on apples and rain water, waiting for God to save her, during oneThe body of a homeless woman is found in an abandoned New Hampshire farmhouse. Beside the body, lies a diary that documents a journey of starvation and the loss of sanity, but told with poignance, beauty, humor, and spirituality. For nearly four months, Linda Bishop survived on apples and rain water, waiting for God to save her, during one of the coldest winters on record. As her story unfolds from different perspectives, including her own, we learn about our systemic failure to protect those who cannot protect themselves.… Expand

Director: Jedd Wider and Todd Wider

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, History, Mystery, Documentary

Runtime: 97 min

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Mike Scott

May 4, 2017

A very human story and a very well-told one -- which, in the end, makes it very hard to forget. Read full review

Andy Webster

Mar 30, 2017

This documentary, coupled with Ms. Aviv’s article, addresses unresolved issues of personal autonomy versus a patient’s inability to protect herself. It will haunt you. Read full review

Jessica Kiang

Mar 31, 2017

The film gradually thaws out the stark, frozen mystery at its heart, but the warm-blooded, breathing truth of Linda’s life is no less tragic than that of her cold death. Read full review

Bob Mondello

Mar 31, 2017

God Knows Where I Am turns out to be every bit as much a story of panic as "All This Panic." But where teenagers flail, Linda is resigned ... her tragic story a study in stillness and, ultimately, in silence. Read full review

Kimber Myers

Apr 6, 2017

This documentary is a lyrical exploration of both a person and the place she died in, as well as a devastating commentary on American society’s approach to mental health. Read full review

Christopher Gray

Mar 27, 2017

Though the film excels at subjectivity and interiority, it tends to falter in conveying more rudimentary information. Read full review

Alan Scherstuhl

Mar 29, 2017

The Widers opt for much footage of the still-empty house itself, inside and out, shot by gently gliding cameras. This conveys an appropriate lonely stillness, a sense of a soul wandering a static world, especially in early scenes, but by the end the footage seems repetitious – yes, we’ve nosed around this sad doorway before. Read full review

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CasandraComplex

Oct 29, 2018

What an absolutely brilliant documentary style film. The visuals, the narrator speaking the words written in the journals that the deceased left behind, the interviews with family members, mental health Doctors and people closely related to the discovery of her corpse ... I'm just in awe atWhat an absolutely brilliant documentary style film. The visuals, the narrator speaking the words written in the journals that the deceased left behind, the interviews with family members, mental health Doctors and people closely related to the discovery of her corpse ... I'm just in awe at how well so many facets of the story was portrayed. So many different perspectives of how this woman, suffering from mental illness, weaved throughout their lives and how helpless they all were to prevent her demise from occurring. People often speak of mental illness and some of the harm that is done to others or themselves as,"evil" which is a huge oversimplification of something that plagues all of humanity in very personal ways. This film does an amazing credit and shines a spotlight on the complexity and the very human face of mental illness. Mental illness,in my opinion is an even bigger crisis than the opioid crisis because Globally and in our own society, we still ignore it in all of it's manifestations. We relegate it to someone being evil,(the religious interpretation which also includes the idea of demonic possession), laziness, (often ascribed to people who are homeless) or in the higher functioning branches of the diseases, emotionally absent alpha males.(which often times is held up as an example of how to be a success in the corporate world). This film doesn't preach to you but simply tells the story and leaves you to ponder the more profound questions that it provokes.… Expand

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czmorgan

Nov 5, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A very compelling documentary film, but halfway through I was very disappointed with the direction it was taking, blaming her tragedy on her lack of insight and a system that failed her because they let her go free. People can recover from psychoses like schizophrenia, many in fact have, and when they do, they often credit someone who believed in them and gave them hope and a safe place to recover. Sadly this was something she was desperately yearning for, but could never find. The system did fail her, not because they didn't force her to accept their stigmatizing label, a label that's controversial and one that's been dropped in several countries, but because they didn't offer her a safe place and an safe alternative that could help her heal.… Expand

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